Re: the 10 years and 1-4 Babylon stations. Remember, first, that theywere not completed. In one case only the superstructure was completed, inanother inferior materials were used (deliberately), and so on. So it's notlike they built 5 fully operational stations. Only B4 actually made it tooperational status. B5 was/is intended to be the last effort. If this onedoesn't make it...screw it.

Applying the resources from the full EA was deemed vital because, asstated, we as a race were almost wiped out in the Earth/Minbari War. We mightBE wiped out by a technologically superior race next time it happens...IF weallow it to happen. B5 is the first line of self defense, and from our closecall, everybody knows it.

Re: shipping materials, I posted somewhere upline how the jump pointswork. In brief, large ships (cruiser and above) can generate their own entrypoints to hyperspace; gates are used mainly for smaller ships without theirown field generators, and larger ships that want to conserve power. So allthat was required was to drop 1 jump point when they started building B1, andthat was it. There was no long supply line. (To clarify, the larger ships,Explorer class, leave behind 3 or 4 jump gates at pre-arranged points as theymove through space.)

As for Sinclair's status as both commander and ambassador...that issomething we're going to deal with in the series. By all rights, he shouldn'teven BE there. EA tried to stick an Admiral or some other high-rankingofficer there. The first race to sign onto the station, the Minbari, hadapproval over who was sent to that post. They rejected everyone suggested,right down the line, until Sinclair. EA Officials are still wondering why HEwas selected. (There is a reason.)

That post was previously designed to either include representing Earth asan ambassador (to avoid in-station conflicts) or as an adjunct to one. And atone point, an ambassador will arrive, and they will hash this out once and forall.

Your question proceeds from the assumption, "How can everyone agree thatthis is the right thing to do?", which is understandable, given how monolithicsome shows make the future. But in the case of this show, there is constantdisagreement, and there are a LOT of people in the Earth Alliance who thinkthat this is NOT the right thing to do,and will try to take action to"correct" it....some for understandable reasons, some out of another agendaentirely.

What you have picked up on are not flaws, but story points in themaking...areas that will be explored down the road. These questions WILL beanswered. It would have been very easy to make him Admiral or AmbassadorSinclair. He was given this lower rank for a reason...and there are an awfullot of people who look at this, and wonder if Sinclair isn't just a *tad* toocozy with their former enemies in the war, and just where ARE his loyalties,*really*?

I've always taken pride in the fact that my stories are generallyairtight. I hate loose ends and unanswered questions and inconsistencies. Sofeel free to poke and prod. It'll either be something I've deliberately builtinto the show, or something that I should attend to.

As for the question above about how long this access will continue, onlytime will tell.